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wiredInUSA - September 2014
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Quanta Services Inc has announced
that Valard Construction, a Quanta
Services company, has been
selected by Labrador-Island Link
Partnership, a subsidiary of Nalcor
Energy,
to
install
transmission
infrastructure for the Labrador-Island
Transmission Link project. Valard
will install approximately 1,100km of
350kV overhead high voltage direct
current transmission line running
from the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric
generating facility in central Labrador
to Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula.
“Valard has a proven track record of
delivering large transmission projects
in Canada and we are confident
in their capability to complete this
critical component of the Muskrat
Falls project,” said Gilbert Bennett,
vice president, Lower Churchill Project
for Nalcor Energy.
Quanta Services expects the project
to be completed during the summer
of 2017. Valard’s scope of work
includes all construction aspects
of the project, including geomatic
services, management of right-of-way
clearing, access and reclamation,
installation of concrete foundations,
tower assembly and erection and
conductor stringing.
“Valard is proud to be part of
this historic energy project in
Newfoundland and Labrador,” said
Adam Budzinski, president of Valard
Construction.“Inaddition,construction
of the Labrador-Island Transmission
Link provides job opportunities
to our large Newfoundland and
Labrador workforce currently working
on projects in Alberta and British
Columbia, which should positively
impact the local economy.”
Labrador link